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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on August 27.

Events

1828 – The 67-kilometre (42 mi) Andrézieux-Roanne line is authorized in France.
1867 – J. Nason and J. F. Wilson, both of Boston, Massachusetts, are awarded the first U.S. patent covering level crossing gates.^[1]
1894 – Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway opens the segment between Fort-Coulonge and Waltham, Quebec, a line segment that was completed in February 1888.^[2]

1913 – Jule Murat Hannaford succeeds Howard Elliott as president of Northern Pacific Railway.^[3]
1946 – The last T1 class steam locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for Pennsylvania Railroad enters service.^[1]
1956 – Pacific Great Eastern Railway, in British Columbia, holds official opening ceremonies to celebrate the beginning of service over its line (which occurred on June 11, 1956).^[4]
1957 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway operates its last regularly-scheduled steam locomotive-powered train.^[1]
1993 – The Green Bay and Western Railroad and the Fox River Valley Railroad are merged into a new Wisconsin Central subsidiary, the Fox Valley and Western Railroad.
1997 – Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and the United States Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) form a team composed of UP managers, union employees and FRA representatives to review safety policies and procedures across the UP system.^[5]

1891 – Samuel C. Pomeroy, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1863-1868, dies (b. 1816).
1983 – Harry A. deButts, president of Southern Railway 1951-1962, dies.

^ ^a ^b ^c Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This Month in Railroad History: August". Retrieved August 25, 2006.
^ "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. July 30, 2006. Retrieved August 25, 2006.
^ Howson, Elmer T., D. A. Steel, and J. B. Tebo, editors (1922). The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, 1922 edition. New York: Simmons-Boardman. p. 267. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. August 22, 2006. Retrieved August 25, 2006.
^ Union Pacific Railroad. "Union Pacific Chronological History". Retrieved August 25, 2006.